Comparison

Gradient Wallpapers vs VividDeck

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gradient Wallpapers

Easily create stunning color gradients for wallpapers, web design, and app backgrounds. Transform your ideas into vibrant patterns with intuitive controls, AI-powered generation from text descriptions, and photo-to-gradient conversion. Save, export, and share your unique designs.

Highlights
  • Intuitive tap and swipe gradient creation
  • AI-powered gradient generation from text
  • Convert images into unique gradients
  • Add blur effects and wireframe views
  • Save and export gradients as images or code
  • Pre-made templates and personal library
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Meshing lets you quickly and easily transform your ideas into beautiful colour gradients. Perfect for creating wallpapers, designing websites and app backgrounds, or just playing with colours. What makes Meshing special: INTUITIVE DESIGN - Tap and swipe to craft amazing gradients - Choose from 2x2 to 5x5 grids for precise control - See your changes in real-time as you create DESCRIBE AND CREATE - Tell what you want, and make it happen with Meshing AI - Get unique gradients based on your descriptions - No design skills needed; just your imagination PHOTO TO GRADIENT - Turn any image into a unique gradient - Extract colour schemes from your favourite photos - Instantly create gradients that match your style STUNNING VISUALS - Add blur effects for a dreamy look - Switch to the wireframe view for a unique, structural perspective - Bring your gradients to life with smooth animations - Experiment with gradients on text, images, and buttons TEMPLATES AND FAVORITES • Get inspired with pre-made designs • Save your favourite gradients for future use • Build a personal library of inspiring colour schemes EXPORT AND SHARE • Save your work as high-quality images • Export gradients as ready-to-use code • Use your creations in any project I made Meshing because I believe everyone should be able to create beautiful designs, even if you are not a professional artist. Give the magic of Meshing a try and create amazing gradients! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

VividDeck

Features
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VividDeck is your personal wallpaper studio — design stunning, one-of-a-kind wallpapers for your iPhone's home screen and lock screen in seconds, no artistic skill required. Choose from ten procedural styles: smooth linear, radial, and angular gradients, fluid mesh gradients, crisp geometric patterns, dot grids, sine waves, halftone prints, and organic noise textures. Each style reacts live as you adjust colours and parameters, so you always see exactly what you'll get. Curate your palette with the built-in colour picker or jump-start your design with over 20 hand-crafted presets grouped into five mood packs — Cosmic, Nature, Vivid, Minimal, and Warm. Dial in angle, scale, grain, and blur with precision sliders, or hit Randomize to spark instant inspiration. Key features: - 10 procedural styles including mesh gradient and halftone - 20+ curated preset palettes across 5 mood packs - Full per-colour stop editor with live position slider - Angle, scale, grain, and blur controls with lock-to-protect - One-tap Randomize with individual parameter locks - Lock Screen guide overlay for precise composition - Export at four resolutions: iPhone, iPhone Mini, iPhone 16 Pro, iPad, and Lock Screen - Save designs to your personal gallery and edit them any time - Export to Photos as full-resolution PNG Every wallpaper you create is saved to your gallery, ready to revisit, tweak, and re-export whenever your style changes.

Screenshots

Gradient Wallpapers4 screens
VividDeck3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VividDeck at none against Gradient Wallpapers's 4. VividDeck also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Gradient Wallpapers's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gradient Wallpapers sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. VividDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gradient Wallpapers versus VividDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradient WallpapersVividDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRudrank RiyamLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Gradient Wallpapers

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

VividDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gradient Wallpapers free?
Gradient Wallpapers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VividDeck free?
VividDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gradient Wallpapers or VividDeck have ads?
Neither Gradient Wallpapers nor VividDeck shows ads.

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